I'm a Mac user, but I am not automatically seduced by whatever Apple is offering. That's why I was skeptical of the iPhone. The $500 cost reminded me of the recent game consoles, with the overloaded and overpriced Playstation 3 flopping in the face of the cheaper and simpler Wii. Surely, this was another example of a company charging too much for a product that tried to do too much — and none of it well.Then I saw an iPhone at work yesterday, and it was amazing. Slim and lightweight, yet substantial. Easy functionality and total intuitiveness. And fun. The only complaint this co-worker (a Windows person, by the way) had was with AT&T, which has been struggling to keep up with the iPhone demand for calling plans.
So I was wrong. The iPhone is great. And I apologize to Franko for any disparaging remarks I may have made about the Newton all those years ago.
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